Radicalism and cultural dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974
By: Messay Kebede.
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580462914
Subjects: Radicalism -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.; Students -- Ethiopia -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.; Intellectuals -- Ethiopia -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.; Elite (Social sciences) -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.; Communism -- Ethiopia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The rise of student radicalism in Ethiopia; value: Eurocentrism and Haile Selassie's educational precept; value: Origins and purpose of Haile Selassie's educational policy; value: Radicalism as a fallout of uprootedness and globality; value: Imitativeness and elitism; value: Ethiopian messianism; value: Religion and social utopianism; value: The sublimation of desertion; value: Objective causes of the radicalization of students and intellectuals.